Plan Now 



BECKERT'S 

 VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Beans 



Sow Beans when all danger of frost is past — usually 

 the first or second week in May in our Pittsburgh 

 sector. Repeat sowings at 2-week intervals for a 

 continuous supply. One pint will plant 75 feet of row. 



Green-podded Bush Beans 



Asgrow Valentine. Fleshy, round pod 53 days 



Tendergreen. A desirable round pod 53 days 



Bountiful. A favorite flat pod 48 days 



Burpee's Stringless. Early round pod 54 days 



Giant Stringless. Dependable round pod. . . .53 days 

 Full Measure. Tender round pod 54 days 



Wax-podded Bush Beans 



Sure-Crop Stringless. Fleshy, flat pod 53 days 



Round-Pod Brittle. Pods round curved 58 days 



Pencil-Pod Black. Pods meaty and round. . .58 days 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts.; 2 qts. $1.50 



Green-podded Pole Beans 



Kentucky Wonder or Old Homestead 65 days 



Horticultural Pole 65 days 



Wax-podded Pole Beans 



Kentucky Wonder Wax 68 days 



Golden Cluster Wax 74 days 



All Pole Beans, pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts.; 

 2 qts. $1.50 



Edible Soy Beans 



Bansei. Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts. 



Lima Beans 



Sow only after weather has become settled and warm. 

 Place seeds, eye down, 5 to 6 inches apart. One pint 

 will plant 75 feet of row. 



Bush Lima Beans 



Fordhook. Outstanding quality 75 days 



Giant Improved. Heavy yield 76 days 



Wood's Prolific. Dwarf Butter Bean 70 days 



Cangreen. Very productive 68 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts.; 2 qts. $1.50 



Pole Lima Beans 



King of the Garden 88 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts.; 2 qts. $1.50 



Dry Shell Beans 



Snowflake Navy 54 days 



Horticultural Dwarf 54 days 



White Marrowfat 60 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 45 cts.; qt. 80 cts.; 2 qts. $1.50 



Table BeetS. Sow early in April. 



Crosby's Improved Egyptian. Best quality . 60 days 



Extra-Early Egyptian. Flattened globes .... 56 days 



Early Wonder. Small tops 58 days 



Detroit Blood-Red. Globular roots 68 days 



Good for All. Best all-purpose 60 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; >/ 4 lb. $1.00 



BrOCCOli. Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 60 cts. 



Brussels Sprouts. Pkt. 10 cts.-, %oz. 75 cts. 

 Carrots 



Sow from early spring to end of June. 



Improved Chantenay. Deep orange 68 days 



Danvers Half Long. Roots 5 to 6 inches long. . 76 days 



Morse's Bunching. Roois 8 inches long 70 days 



Improved Long Orange. Roots 9 inches long . 85 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; V 2 oz. 25 cts.; oz. 45 cts. 



for a Peacetime Garden ! 



Cabbage 



Celery 



For early crop sow indoors late February, or for 

 later crops outdoors April and May. 

 Golden Acre. Uniform hard round heads. . . 100 days 

 Imp. Copenhagen Market. Standard variety 1 10 days 

 Enkhuizen Glory. Solid, globe-shaped heads .115 days 

 Penn State Ballhead. Heaviest yielding .... 1 35 days 

 Short-stem Danish Ballhead. Large, heavy. 1 35 days 

 Large Late Flat Dutch. Broad flat heads .... 140 days 



Mammoth Red 130 days 



Chihili (Chinese-Celery Cabbage) 100 days 



Pkt. 15 cts.; V 2 oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Sweet Corn 



Sow the first or second week of May in rows 30 in. 

 apart, drop seeds to have plants stand 12 in. apart. 



Choice Yellow Varieties 



Golden Bantam. The Standard of quality. . . 78 days 



Golden Evergreen. Fine quality 88 days 



Whipple's Golden Yellow. Excellent flavor. 83 days 



Golden Giant. Excellent quality 90 days 



Golden Sunshine. Ears 12-rowed 76 clays 



Burbank's Bantam. Ears 14 to 16-rowed. . .84 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts. 



White Varieties 



Early Mayflower. Earliest sweet white 76 days 



Country Gentleman (Shoe-peg) 95 days 



Stowell's Evergreen. Standard late 95 days 



Late Mammoth. Kernels snowy white 105 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; pt. 40 cts.; qt. 75 cts. 



Hybrid Varieties 



Recommended to the market gardener and home 

 gardener for its uniformity of ear, maturity and larger 

 yields. They are also disease-resisting. 



Golden Cross Bantam. Very good 84 days 



Marcross. Sweet; large thick ears 74 days 



Carmelcross. Heavy yielder 79 days 



Whipcross. Good flavor 84 days 



Pkt. 15 cts.; pt. 55 cts.; qt. 95 cts. 



Cauliflower 



Responds to same cultural directions as cabbage. 

 Super Snowball. Large snowy heads. 



96 days. Pkt. 35 cts. 

 Select Snowball. Heavy cropper. White heads. 



98 days. Pkt. 35 cts. 



Florida Golden. Crisp and fine quality 120 days 



Golden Plume. Brittle, large, and early. ... 115 days 



Emperor. Dwarf Green. For winter 130 days 



Golden Self-blanching. Dwarf; compact . . 120 days 



Giant Pascal. Thick stalks 2 ft. high 135 days 



Winter Queen. Solid; numerous hearts 120 days 



London Red. Compact red variety 125 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; l/ 2 oz. 50 cts. 



Celtu CC Eaten raw or cooked. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Cucumbers 



Delay sowing until all danger of frost is past. When 

 seedlings appear, spray or dust with a good combinat ion 

 fungicide and insecticide. 



Clark's Special. An excellent dark green .... 63 days 



Davis Perfect. Fruits long and green 65 days 



Extra Long or Evergreen White Spine 65 days 



Improved Long Green. Excellent slicing var. .70 days 

 Longfellow. A remarkably slender, fine variety. 72 days 

 Straight Eight. Smooth. 8 to 10 in 75 days 



Pickling Varieties 

 Jersey Pickling. Wonderfully productive. . . .63 days 

 National Pickling. Dark green; square ends. 55 days 



Snow's Perfection. Best formed 56 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; V 4 lb. $1.00 



Cubit- 1944 Medal Winner. Pkt. 15 cts. 



Eggplant. Start in flats or hotbeds. 



Black Beauty. Fruits lustrous purplish black. 145 days 

 New York Improved Spineless. Purple. . . . 150 days 

 Pkt. 10 cts.; y 2 oz. 40 cts.; oz. 75 cts. 



Endive 



Sow in April for early and in June for late crops. 



Large Green Curled. Crisp and tender 92 days 



Pancalier. Deep green curled leaves 95 days 



Giant Fringed. Broad stems; large white heart90 days 

 Broad-leaved Batavian. Full heart 90 days 



Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; Vilb. 70 cts. 



TABLE GREENS 



CHICORY, Witloof or Magdeburg. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 

 CRESS, Extra Curled. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 COLLARDS, Georgia. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 CORN SALAD, Broad-leaved. Pkt. 10 cts. 

 DANDELION, French Thick-leaved. 



Pkt. 10 cts. 



Carrot, Danvers 

 Half Long 



Corn, Golden Cross Bantam 



Bean Bountiful 



\ 4 



Beet, Detroit Blood-Red 



BECKERT'S SEED STORE, Inc. 



Phone: Fairfax 4210-4211-4212 



3 



103 Federal St., North Side, Pittsburgh 12, Penna 



